Not that you'd want to. Because Varian Data's new Network 560 Remote Job Entry System offers demonstrable advantages to every user and seller of 360 com-puter time.
Now try to
erase that
from
your
mind.
So if you agree that greatly increased earning capacity and equally lower equipment and communications costs make sense, then it's time your 360 and the Network 560 got together. This batch terminal package, as indicated above, is a
complete turnkey system using standard full duplex telephone lines. Just plug it into your 360, and you're in business. All hardware and software are included, so no changes are necessary to existing programs, operating procedures or hardware.
Why not call today or write for the new brochure?
And, since the Network 560 is as compatible to a 360 as one of its own tape units, the new system can be installed virtually overnight.
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data machines
a varian subsidiary
2722 Michelson Drive/ Irvine/ California 92664 (714) 833-2400
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Tally makes the broadest line of data communications
equipment on the market today. And if you have a "mixed
bag" systems problem which calls for data entry or high
speed printout in conjunction with data communications, we
have the answer. Tally systems take source data from
perforated tape, magnetic tape, or punched cards and
transmit it at 1200 words per minute (12 times faster than
TWX) over ordinary telephone lines. The new Tally Serial
Printer prints out hard copy data at 60 characters per
second. The Tally 4031 "stand alone" send/receive
1h "magnetic tape terminal operates with any Tally
transmission system to provide computer compatible tape.
Tally has a nationwide network of service stations
working directly with the Seattle Test Center '
to solve any problem quickly and economically.
For full information, please write or call Tally
Corporation, 8301 South 180th Street, Kent, Washington
98031. Phone: (206) 251-5500. TWX: 910-423-0895,
or contact one of the regional offices listed below.
New York: 45 N. Village, Rockville Centre 516-678-4220 Chicago: 33 N. Addison Rd., Addison, Ill. 312-279-9200
Washington, D.C.: 1901 Ft. Myer Dr., Arlington, Va. 703-525-8500 Los Angeles: 1222 E. Pomona, Santa Ana, Ca. 714-542-1196 England: 6a George St., Croydon, Surrey MUN-6838
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computer
time sharing
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elccIri1r every copilinticntetl comput~r UGcr in the Uni~C(l Stoics. ALICOM now gives you more interactive computing power with faster response time, than any other time-sharing sys-tem ... 32,000 36-bit words per user. Cycle time one microsecond. Your ac-cess to this increased computer power is instantaneous and direct. Through your telephone. Privately. It's a "tough-job" system and it has the best price/ performance ratio there is.BI\L/cor.~ hon [I policy about
innoluble
timo
nllming problemG. \".fe nolve them. We're after the tough jobs, the big ones. We're talking about price/performance .,. good response time ... and freedoms that time-sharing hasn't granted you before. Things like:Core Capacity - ALiCOM gives you 160,000 characters (32,000 words) in ac-tive core per user.
On-Line Storage - ALICOM has a bil-lion characters of disc storage. Large Files - AL/COM gives you 1,250,000 characters per file.
Fast Access - ALiCOM can search a 2.5 million character bank in seconds.
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l'!Tho ~hil1gG you can do 1.::iI:l .'.L/CO['J timo sh:uina me limited
onl~ (j~ your imagination. ALICOM has the bugs worked out. We've been up for 3 years. We can con-nect you with teletypes, line printers, CRT's and multiplexers. We speak eight languages . . . BASIC, FORTRAN IV, COBOL, etc. We're adding others. ALI COM solves problems in science, engi-neering, and banking. It's for operations research, marketing and statistical analysis, and bridge building . . . for management information, investments, and manufacturing. We even do little problems well.
l'! rnlCn compmina time sharing sor1Jiceo, you cnn't include
i\L/COr.'1 nith the oIharD. ALICOM service stands out because we've interlaced a string of multi-processing AL-10 systems, with one computer backing up another in each system, and a second dual system backing up the first ... and we'll soon have ten. They're all side by side, but as close as your local phone. Think about that ... central files ... back-up ... speed ... reliability ... distributed nationwide by the ALICOM Time-Sharing Network.
l'! rJhcn ~ou
solcc~ ~,\L/COrJ
you aet a nalioll'."Jide
nclt'Jorl~ of computer
GOH1:Jaro /JrofoGsionalo. We bring ALICOM to you through a na-tionwide network of professional soft-ware organizations. We're more than reps, dealers or branch offices. We're ALICOM Associates; local, independent firms, among the best in the industry. Systems and applications expertise is an integral part of the ALICOM network. This means you have the largest group of independent computer software ex-perts to help you solve problems more efficiently, right at your elbow ... through ALICOM. Two new "Associ-ates" are selecting ALICOM each month. Why don't you?
l'! In juot 30 oecomJo,
~ou cnn mrnnge lor n demonotmtioll or tho l.·Jorld'n bent price/performance com/Julor time shming service. Experiencing ALICOM is believing. We'll benchmark ALICOM against your present system. Compare the response, the speed, the cost. Do you have a prob-lem you can't solve on your present sys-tem? Try us. We're after the tough ones.
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talccJs auto to I'OvoluHOI1 Revolutions are started by people dis-satisfied with the way things are. Success depends on a change for the better. That's what ALICOM is all about . .. and it's revolutionary.
Contact us for information or demonstration
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EDPAC systems are designed specifically for data processing centers. EDPAC main-tains the exact temperature, humidity and air cleanliness control· required so that downtime is virtually eliminated.
Yes, EDPAC is a new language . in-vented to answer your EDP environment problems.
Want more information? Write: A.CO- Manu-facturing Co., P.O. Box 287, Haddonfield, N.
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volume 15
Publisher Editor
June
1969
number 6
GARDNER F. LANDON ROBERT B. FOREST
Managing Editor & Art Director CLEVE MARIE BOUTELL
Associate Editors WILLIAM J. ROLPH AUBREY DAHL
Assistant Editors JANET EYLER
RICHARD A. McLAUGHLIN F. BARRY NELSON ANNE WILKS
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Midwestern Editor EDITH GOODMAN
European Editor PEARCE WRIGHT
Contributing Editors HOWARD BROMBERG ROBERT V. HEAD PHILIP H. DORN LOUIS B. MARIENTHAL
Washington Reporter PHIL HIRSCH
Editorial Adviser ROBERT L. PATRICK
Technical Consultant LOWELL AMDAHL
Production Manager MARILEE PITMAN
Director of Circulation FRANK DeCARLO
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This issue 91,329 copies
Did
you know.
• •
Over·600 computer installations use AUTOFLOW.@
55
of the top 100 largest computer users in the
u.s.
use AUTO FLOW.
The top 10 Department of Defense contractors use AUTOFLOW.
5
of the top 6 computer manufacturers use AUTOFLOW, including No.1.
All U.S. Government Departments (except
2)
use AUTOFLOW.
and did you know . ..
Most AUTOFLOW users use AUTOFLOW as a debugging and maintenance tool as well as a documentation
system.
AUTO FLOW has unique capabilities not found in any other debugging, maintenance or documentation system.
AUTOFLOW has added many new features in 1969*.
*A new Procedure Division Summary for COBOL input gives significant Procedure Division functions, by Page, Box and Source Card identification number for the following: CALLed procedures, ENTRY/RETURN points, ALTERed paragraphs, PERFORMed procedures, PROCESSed sections, I/O file activity, STOP statements, DISPLAY statements and ACCEPT statements.
and did you know . ..
AUTO FLOW can process COBOL, FORTRAN, PL/I and Assembly and produce high level and detail flow
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AUTOFLOW is equally effective for small installations with 360/30s with 32K core, H-200s and IBM 1401s,
as well as larger installations with IBM 360/40, 50s, 65s, 91s and IBM 7090s.
AUTO FLOW users are guaranteed complete maintenance and support. They receive updated systems as·
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ADR will give any company an unconditional 30 day trial period to evaluate AUTO FLOW.
Then write or call any of the locations listed below for a free demonstration, new 1969 literature and pricing
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APPLIED DATA RESEARCH. INC.
PRINCETON, N.J . • Route 206 Center, Prince· ton, N.J . • 609 921·8550
WASHINGTON, D.C. • 2425 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va . • 703 528·3141
LOS ANGELES, CALIF . • 15720 Ventura Blvd., Encino, Calif . • 213 783·3500
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF . • 420 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif . • 415 981·4740
DENVER, COLORADO • 701 S. Logan St., Den· ver, Colorado.
BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS • Lakeside Office Park, Wakefield. Mass . • 617 245·9212 NEW YORK, N.Y. • 450 Seventh Ave., New York, N.Y . • 212244·5700
DATA & INFORMATION PRODUCTS, INC. (Sales Representatives)
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CANADA.. (Sales Representative) Dearborn Computer of Canada. 250 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 416 368·8477 TOKYO, JAPAN. (Sales Representative) Japan Office Supplies Co., Limited • No. 15·11 2· Chome Honhaneda, Ota·Ku, Tokyo, Japan EUROPEAN • (France, England, Belgium, Hoi· land and SwitZerland) (Sales Representative) CENTRE D'ANALYSE ET DE PROGRAMMATION 21 Rue Leriche, Paris, 15e France
EUROPEAN. (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland) (Sales Representative) SYSTEMATIK AB Banergatan 37, Stockholm, Sweden
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WILL THE REAL
TAPE SEAL
®*STAND UP ...
It certainly yvill ... and we know because we tested it on and off reels in heat, cold and under accelerated aging conditions.
But there's even better proof than this. Over 5,000,000 Tape Seal belts along with their associated storage and handling equipment are in use all over the world. It's something to think about when you face a choice between
the original and a quick copy.
Tape Seal belts are manufactured by Wright Line in 8 colors and to fit all sizes of reels.
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A D I V I S I O N OF B A R R Y W R I G H T C O R P O R A T I O N DATA PROCESSING ACCESSORIES
Jllne
1969
volume 15 number 6datamation departments
27 Calendar
31 Letters to the Editor
37 Look Ahead
41 The Editor's Readout 131 News Briefs
167 New Products
June 1969
43
47
53
I
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THE COMPUTER AND FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT, by C.
Ridley Rhind.
I n most corporations, it is the operating managers who can best benefit from com-puters; yet this group tends to be poorly served.
COMPUTER PROJECT SELECTION IN THE BUSINESS
ENTER-PRISE, by
M.
H.
Schwartz.
As application opportunities increase, management must have a means for rational analysis of the potential benefits to the organization.
MANAGEMENT CONTROLLED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, by
D. L. Fisher.
A down-to-earth look at some of the more practical-and neglected-aspects of business edp. \.
58
DATA PROCESSING'S EVOLVING PLACE IN THE
ORGANIZA-TION, by
Frederic
G.
Withington.
A more complex structure is emerging as the applications of the computer per-meate the organization.
70 BUSINESS TIME-SHARING: USER ECONOMICS, by
James
C.
Hammerton.
Five examples of smaller businesses using time-sharing, with cost comparisons to the previous methods of handling the same data processing.
83
THE NAME IS THE NAME OF THE GAME, by
James McCrohan.
There's one fundamental thing a company must do first-even before going public.
85
A LOOK AT UNBUNDLING, by
Angeline Pantages.
Some possibilities, some guesses, some speculation on the shape of things to come at IBM.
99 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORIES: EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION?
by
Robert F. Graham.
Much depends on the computer manufacturers.
106 MICHIGAN'S LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION NETWORK,
by
John R. Plants.
Someday, a terminal in every patrol car.
113 SOFTWARE PROTECTION. A
workshop report.
118
DPMA 1969 DATA PROCESSING CONFERENCE AND
BUSI-NESS EXPOSITION.
121
NEWS SCENE
Applied Data Research becomes the software entry in the field filing suits against IBM . .. Two men walking the Miracle Mile may have come up with one . .. An evaluation of the Stanford Research Institute report on the FCC computer inquiry.
164 SYSTEM SPOTLIGHT
Ford's Dearborn, Mich'l float glass line produces 8J~ miles of glass per day under the direct digital contrOl of an IBM 1800 system.
186 New Software 201 New Literature 213 Books
221 World Report 227 Washington Report 235 People
247 Datamart
248 Index to Recruitment Advertisers
264 Index to Advertisers
273 The Forum
ewrlter.
Now there's a way to prepare information for computer
in-put at the same time it's being typed. Without interfering
with office routine. Without
any computer hookup.
With-out turning your secretary into a data processing expert.
It's called the
DATAPLEX™System. And it works like this:
Your secretary uses a
DATAPLEXTerminal just like
an electric typewriter. For forms, letters,
memos, anything. Any time she's going t6
type something that will eventually be
en-tered in the conlputer, she simply pushes
a button on the terminal. Then, while she
types, a small tape cassette automatically
records the information. Including changes
and corrections. (Each cassette holds about
a normal day's work.)
At the end of the da y, she sends
the cassette to a unit called the
DATAPLEX
Processor.
It
edits and
formats cassette information and
translates it into tape compatible
with your computer. (One
proces-sor can handle hundreds of
term-inals.) The unit consists of a
cassette reader, a
mini-com-puter, a compliter tape
transport and an input/output writer (for interrogating
and logging). But, the most important component of all is
a new proprietary software package that bridges the gap
between business language and computer language. We
call it
FORMOL~MFOrInat Oriented Language. The whole
process is fast and simple. No keypunching. No verifying.
No room for errors. Think about that. No
more requirement to add another key punch.
Ever. In fact, why not replace keypunching
altogether? Phase the
DATAPLEXSystem in
at your own pace.
Wit~outchanging your
ex-isting software or hardware or anything
any-where. (Except your secretary's typewriter.)
Revolutionary? You bet. But we saved the
best for last. Our price: $2,850.00 per
terminal.That's less than any system
anywhere that even comes close to
doing what the
DATAPLEXSystem
can do. (And nothing really does.)
If
you're not the possessive type,
you can rent instead. For complete
details, write to: Data
I~struments
Company at
16611
Roscoe Place,
Sepulveda, California
91343.
Data Instruments
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...
2000 Steps
In The Right Direction
Every Second ...
~ith
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COMPUTER INDUSTRIES' new modular
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Here's how-first with:
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• On-line or off-line modular operation All input options include the Delta Control Unit
allowing multiple step programming and block transfer of data for more economic plotting applications on-site or at remote terminals.
For your next "right step" in selecting an incremental plotting system, write or call: (213) 781-7100
3
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(1) Model 32025 Incremental Plotter (2) Magnetic Tape Input 556, 800, or 1600 bpi; 7 or 9 track (3) Punched Card Input (4) Paper Tape Input 7 or 8 channel
June 1969
COMPUTER INDUSTRIES INC
GRAPHIC SYSTEMS DIVISION
14761 Califa Street / Van Nuys. California 914011 A Subsidiary of University Computing Company
10
On call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Ready to go anywhere in the world at the drop of a .hat. (There are many more just like him in Bryant Regional Sales Offices in the U.S. and Europe.)
Has been with the company more than long enough to know the products inside and out. (Bryant Field Engineers average seven years of literally "living with the product.")
Even before a Bryant memory system is delivered, the Field Engineer's presence is felt.
He makes sure, for example, that you have the correct input lines, sufficient floor space, large enough doorways.
He stays with the system until everything is running perfectly. You'll probably never need him again, but it's nice to know he's there,
ready to back you up. For information on the products he stands behind, write 850 Ladd Rd.,
Walled Lake, Michigan 48088.
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When not on the road, he keeps abreast of every new development in the industry. (Among other things, Bryant Field Engineers conduct test procedures
and teach customer classes.)
June
1969
Highly trained, well educated, devoted to the industry;
a man who loves the challenge of diagnosing
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and solving customer problems. (That's our man.)
A match for any· computer
BRYANT
COMPUTER PRODUCTS
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pro~
That's a significant difference, and
~ou
ean
tremendous advantage, with the
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Because you can get at the
computer-within-a-computer, you can change
the basic shape and function of your
t
system.
e
~our
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emulation of the 1401,
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The same capabilitr enables
h
d
one system to achIeve
tre-mendous speed/volume/
an s
throughput not only in
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SORT,MAP,AUTOCODER,
on
and with IBSYS.
In time sharing, computer design, and
com-puter study, accessible microprogramming
shows to extraordinary advantage. The
IC-4000 packs a large core. Because of
microprogramming, you get maximum
advantage of every bit. Wouldn't you
like to get your hands on one?
Standard
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Los Angeles, California 90015
SALES OFFICES: Chicago: (312) 726-0277· Dallas:
(214) 239-9267 • Denver: (303) 428-0529 • Detroit: (313)
565-4871 • Los Angeles: (213) 387-5267 • Minneapolis:
IC-4000-fourth generation-32K word (36 bits). Microprogrammed. Multi-lingual. Machine-language independent. Other models for time-sharing, remote job entry, and other innovative applications. Leasing starts at $4131 per month. Full information and documentation on request.
(612) 926-0706· New York: (212) 661-1834· Philadelphia: (215) 563-6350· San Jose: (408) 294-7150.
Waltham: (617) 891-5083.
'June 1969
Delivers maximum throughput to banks that
rely on
high~speed
computer communication
Banks are discovering a better way to transfer theircomputer data. With Modem 4400 data sets they're expanding data communications capacity, reducing transmission line costs and increasing their throughput.
Whether your needs are to link a number of branches, or to connect two points as efficiently and economically as possible, you should know about Modem 4400. Send for the facts.
International Communications Corporation
7620 N.W. 36th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33147 Tel.: 305
+
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TELETYPE
machines that make data move
fA:
data's
vvait-Iess
vvonder
Hold tight. It's Teletype's Inktronic®terminal. A data terminal many times faster than the ordinary page printer. Zaps 1200 words to the page per minute. Electronically. It's another answer from Teletype R&D
for moving data economically at high speed.
* *
* *
Off the ground and moving: Ink-tronic terminal. A space age termi-nal that doesn't tinker with time. And one time won't tinker with. Moves data on-line at 1200 wpm. And will have higher speed capa-bilities for tomorrow. Helps you get more in and out of the com-puter practically. And monitor high speed, tape-to-tape systems with new ease and economy. The line includes the KSR (keyboard send-receive) set shown here. And an RO (receive only) set. An ASR (au-tomatic send-receive) set is coming.
Printing's unique space walk The Inktronic terminal is different. There's no type-box. Prints through electrostatic deflection. Ink literally leaps to the page to form a charac-ter. For ink droplets carry a nega-tive charge and are drawn to the page through a series of electrodes that cause it to trace out the shape of the character called for. Each character is made up of a number. of dots.
No waste space
Inktronic terminal doesn't kill time or waste space on "fill" characters or buffer storage. It prints only the characters called for. Cleanly. And puts them on the line where you want them. You can print one char-acter as readily asa few words or an entire line.
choice of an RO set with 5-level or ASCII code, or a KSR set with ASCII.
Keeps data tracking at . less cost The Inktronic terminal uses ordi-nary teleprinter paper. Inexpensive paper. A standard 81/2 inch wide roll provides about 400 feet of data space. The ink Inktronic terminals use is inexpensive, too. One pint will deliver up to 15 miles of data. With a 1200 wpm capability these are important points to consider. Maintenance? Really low. The ink supply and guidance system has only one moving part. And you get more data on and off line faster which means greater economy, too. The Inktronic is one of many excit-ing moves beexcit-ing made by Teletype R&D in moving data at very little In orbit with ASCII . cost. If you would like more
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Sir:
In your February, 1969 issue, page 103, you reported that the Lockheed-Georgia Company had ordered a four computer system, implying Decade computers, from the Redcor Corpora-tion. This is totally erroneous.
Earlier this year, we negotiated with Redcor for a data acquisition system employing Varian 620 processors. When Redcor, through an internal pol-icy decision, replaced the Varian 620 with Decade 70 processors, our evalu-ation team found the proposed system would not satisfy the defined specifica-tions and negotiation with Redcor was terminated. Further, the newly an-nounced MAC 16 produced by Lock-heed Electronics Company, was inves-tigated and found well suited for the application under study. The system, utilizing four MAC 16's, is now under construction.
Would you please take action to correct the misleading statement in a future issue of DATAMATION, a maga-zine' our computing profeSSIonals find highly informative, current, and nor-mally quite factual.
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Lockheed-Georgia Company Marietta, Georgia
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June 1969
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Sir:
I read with interest an item in the News Briefs section (p. 109) of your . March issue describing the Soviet computer BES~I 6 as comparable to a Control Data 3200. Having seen in-stallations of the BESM 6 in both Mos-cow and Novosibirsk, and having spent some time discussing the ma-chine with Soviet computer specialists, I believe a more appropriate compari-son is with a CDC 3600, which is also a 48-bit machine, rather than with a CDC 3200, which is a 24-bit machine. Of course the BESM 6 does not have the addressing capability or large memory capacity, or indeed the modu-larity of the CDC 3600, but on the other hand, it has hardware features designed specifically for time-sharing such as paging and memory protec-tion.
Your readers may be interested to know that the letters BESM form an ac-ronym for the Russian words which stand for big electronic computing machine.
SOL X. ZASLOFF
Scientific Data Systems El Segundo, California
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Sir:
As one of a small but dedicated group of Kludgephiles located in sekludgion in the scenic southwest, I welcome a new addition to the Kludge literature (reference
5) .
However, I also feel ob-ligated to protest the editorial policy of DATAMATION, which can only be de-scribed as a shotgun approach to Kludgeology. Even a superficial glance at the DATAMATION published Kludge li tera ture ( reference 1 to 5) reveals that the individual contributions, al-beit individually of excellent quality, do not adequately reference one an-other and generally reflect a disorga.:. nized approach to this extremely im-portant area.'By contrast, our group of Kludge-philes is adopting a Systems Approach
to Kludgeology. While it is obvious that this approach will lead to extraor-dinary results, we are not yet ready to make a full disclosure of the fruits of our research. However, it is possible to communicate a little of the flavor of our results by the following example of our Kludge Klassification work.
This work, involving a penetrating analysis of past and present Kludges, has revealed that all Kludges divide into two basic Klassifications, namely the "Genesis Kludges" and the "Dar-winian Kludges." Genesis Kludges, of course, are Kludges that were Kludges from the moment of conception, while the Darwinians are systems which, once of clean design, have evolved into Kludges by the action of certain irre-versible processes. We are presently examining the possible relevance of the Second Law of Thermodynamics to Darwinian Kludgeology.
If you can encourage your future Kludge authors to adopt a somewhat more scientific approach to this field, I feel certain that significant further progress will follow immediately, for new Kludgeians will then be able to stand on the shoulders of their prede-cessors instead of on each others toes
(see reference 6, in which Hamming states that one of his major complaints about the computer field is that whereas Newton could say, "If I have seen a little farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants," while Hamming is forced to
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conclude, "Today we stand on each other's feet.").
(DR.) IGNATZ J. KRANFIELD
Kludgephile Associates Scenic Southwest
REFERENCES
1. "How to Design a Kludge", J. W. Granholm, DATAMATION, Feb. '62, pp. 30-3l. 2. "The Master Plan for Kludge Software", M.
L. Morris and A. O. Arthur, DATAMATION, July '62, pp. 41-42.
Frum the Desk of The Creative Director
3. "The Konscience of a Komputer Konserva-tive", I. V. Goody KKK, DATAMATION, Oct. '62, pp. 60·63.
4. "A Kludge Komputer lexikon", K. Korluth KKK, DATAMATION, Dec. '62, pg. 21.
5. "The Genesis of Superkludge", N. Nattkarl, DATAMATION, April '69, pp. 132-133.
6. "One Man's View of Computer Science", R.
W. Hamming, Journal of the ACM, January 1969, pp. 3-12.
Editor's note: We couldn't agree more with (Dr.) Kranfield, and we forwarded his letter to the author of reference 5, confidently expecting support in the delicate area of Kludge Klassifica-tion, only to receive the following, somewhat in-timidating, reply:
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,;,ith reyards to your forl',arded co=unication frum the 1.1udge-phile Associu"t;e of Scenic Southwest, 'Jlease be advised that aJ:lung my several responsibilities of a corporate nature is that of being in charge of pubic relations for the corporation.
Viith regard to design of Kludge machines, -olease be adviced that Vie are in the nrocess of copywri ting the terms "Geniusis" and "Darwinianen" with respect specifically to the mikrocircuitry under secret development in our reserch laboratories on' the
premises hear. These are, as a matterof fact the presise terminology used by your correspondant, and vie bring this to your attention at this time in order to avoid a Dotential error or conflickt of interest at a later date, asking you to bare in mind, of course, that the precise nature of our in-house research is not for
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So we suggest to you with all dew reslJect and seriousness that you advize yo~re corespondents that they have probably been preceeded in the state of the art. This is two bad, and we hate to discourage eager peeple but it cant be helped.
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Sir:
Sverre Storoy's letter (March '69) stated that "Passing arguments from a PL/I program to a FORTRAN subrou-tine is very simple," with reference to SSP /360. I am afraid I cannot quite agree. While PL/I and FORTRAN (and most other processing programs of OS/ 360) use the same linkage registers, the significance of the argument list pointed to by General Register 1 is somewhat different in the case of ar-rays.
June 1969
In a PL/I-compiled subroutine call, the address constant for an array pa-rameter points, not to the array, but to an array dope vector, which contains a virtual base address, subscript· multi-pliers, and subscript bounds for the array. In a FORTRAN-compiled subrou-tine call, on the other hand, the ad-dress constant for an array parameter points directly to the array, and a FORTRAN subroutine called from a PL/I program will reference words in the array dope vector (and,
terrifying-ly, the whole Dynamic Storage Area) as though they were elements of the array parameter.
Those routines from SSP which use purely scalar arguments are less likely· to give trouble but still may create problems in a multi-tasking environ-ment. The mystifying report that "At our installa.tion, the SSP /360 is used by both PL/I users and FORTRAN us-ers,- ... " is difficult for me to reconcile witH the facts of PL/I, unless those
us-efs know so little about their problems that the certainly erroneous results (where, indeed, results of any sort are obtained) are not recognized. I sug-gest that, when the PL/I version of SSP is received by Mr. Storoy's instal-lation, it be used to check the results of some of the programs which used the matrix manipulating routines from SSP.' I suspect that some peopl~ are in for a shock.
JAMES V. DOODY
Niagara Falls, New York
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Sir:
The opening letter in the April "Let-ters" column, from Mr. Horne on the subject of software patentability, is so prominently placed that it will escape the eye of few of your readers. I trust most of them will be able to see through the fallacious argumeflts put forth by the writer, but I would appre-ciate the opportunity to rebut.
The writer begins by confusing
memory (the collection of neurons and
other matter which constitute the brain's retentive capability) with
memory (the process of altering the
state of the brain so that specific facts are retained). It is clear, I believe, that the electronic counterpart of the form-er is indeed patentable; what is un-clear is whether the electronic coun-terpart of the latter is patentable.
The writer's conclusion, that" . . . the program is more like the core, pro-viding a capability, than it is like the process itself," is indefensible. The computer, when first plugged into the wall, is capable of many electronic states, each of which corresponds to a program. But a program never exists-in the computer or out-except as a state: a particular alignment of mag-netic cores and flip-flops, a particular choice of punches in a card, etc. A program is an expression of
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Software is a peculiar sort of com-modity. It shares,. with such states of mind as opinions, convictions, facts-even religion-the trait that it can be transmitted to someone else without depriving the originator of anythinR (except, perhaps, uniqueness). This
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